Lust in Space (4 Stars)

This is the 12th film directed by Dean McKendrick, made in 2014. It marks a return to his favourite genre, science fiction, but unlike his previous sci-fi films, it's not a fantasy film about aliens from distant worlds. Everything that happens is realistic, grounded in today's technology. The film has to do with a space shuttle and the International Space Station.

The film is called "Lust in Space", to which I have to ask, why shouldn't there be lust in space? In fact, I'd expect there to be more lust in space than there is on Earth. It probably seems exciting to spend three months or longer on a space station, but when you're there it gets boring. You spend every day in the same few rooms, there are no pubs, no gyms, no parks, nothing to ease the monotony. All you can do is lust for your fellow astronauts that you see every day. And if there's a female astronaut like Jazy Berlin who leaves her top half open while discussing solar flares, the temperatures will soar.

That's another matter in my reviews. The same actors repeatedly appear in Dean McKendrick's films, so I feel tempted to use their real names in my reviews, not the names of the characters they play. I know Jazy Berlin well. This is her fourth film directed by Dean McKendrick, and she also appeared in two of the later Medina films. Added to that, she's appeared in three Axel Braun super-hero films as the Black Cat.

The bad guy in this film is Mary Carey. Or should I say bad girl? She wants to hold the world to ransom by installing a laser cannon on the International Space Station. Didn't something like that happen in "Bikini Avengers"? She has an undercover agent on the International Space Station, a Russian astronaut called Nikolai. He's already made preparations, and he just needs one piece of equipment to complete the laser. Mary uses the seductive spy Sasha (Karlie Montana) to seduce Pete, the next astronaut travelling to the space station. She gives him a photo of herself that has an electronic device hidden in the frame.

Sasha should buy herself a new outfit. There's something about this hat that screams "I'm a spy!" Fortunately, most of her spy work is carried out with her clothes off.

Mike Gaglio is the director of the space programme. He might be a small man, but Mary can't take her eyes off him. He must have hidden qualities.

Overall, this is a well made film. The outer space scenes are put together with a mix of CGI and stock footage. Another reviewer criticises the film for not having weightlessness in the space station, but hey! When the girls are as hot as Jazy Berlin, Mary Carey and Karlie Montana, who cares?

Unlike most of Dean McKendrick's films, "Lust in Space" is still available at Amazon. Just be careful you don't accidentally buy another film with the same title.